linux-kernel - Re: [i2c] [PATCH] update module-init-tools to support the i2c subsystem

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Message-ID: <20080114204625.07293dce@hyperion.delvare>
Date:	Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:46:25 +0100
From:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
To:	"Kay Sievers" <kay.sievers@...y.org>
Cc:	"Geert Uytterhoeven" <Geert.Uytterhoeven@...ycom.com>,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	i2c@...sensors.org
Subject: Re: [i2c] [PATCH] update module-init-tools to support the i2c
 subsystem

On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:38:28 +0100, Kay Sievers wrote:
> On Jan 14, 2008 6:50 PM, Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org> wrote:
> > I am under the impression that modules.*map are the old way to get
> > automatic driver loading and aliases are the new way to do the same.
> > But maybe that's just me.
> 
> Right, nothing on recent systems is using the map files. This patch
> should not be needed.
> The plan is to deprecate the creation of these files in depmod.

OK, great. Thanks for the info, Kay!

-- 
Jean Delvare
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